ἵππουρος

hippouros

horse-tailed

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book V 2
Chapter 10 543a14–543b5

543a22
543a23
Book VIII 1
Chapter 15 599a30–600a9

599b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἵππουρος, ον, (οὐρά) A. horse-tailed: as Subst., 1. a sea-fish, Coryphaena hippurus, Epich. 51, Arist. HA 543a23, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.304d, Opp. H. 1.184. 2. a kind of insect, Ael. NA 15.1. 3. = ἵππουρις II.2, Hippiatr. 27.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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